SPUD-TASTIC! Potato company Branston wins major award for its liveries
ITS SPUD-TASTIC! The potato people at Branston Ltd are all celebrating after the company scooped a top national award for its eye-catching lorry liveries The UKs leading potato supplier which transports thousands of tonnes of potatoes every week for Tesco won Livery of the Year at the Motor Transport Awards 2011 the transport industry Oscars […]
Ministers deploy an Imperius Curse on Englands countryside
The Government is expected to publish a new approach to how development is planned before Parliaments summer break begins next week. The publication of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for public consultation follows heavy criticism of earlier leaked drafts, with many people concerned how the plans will affect the Green Belt and the wider […]
Business as usual for the CLA during National Countryside Week
As National Countryside Week (July 11-18) helps focus the minds of the nation on rural matters, the CLA in the north has taken a snapshot of the issues with which its regional team are currently involved. Douglas Chalmers, Director CLA North, said: Life in the countryside used to be thought of as slower and simpler, […]
British Sugar workers to be balloted on industrial action, after rejecting pay offer
British Sugar workers to be balloted on industrial action, after rejecting pay offer Unite members at four British Sugar plants in the East of England are to be balloted on industrial action, after the workforce rejected a 3.5 per cent pay offer. Unite, the largest union in the country, will be balloting its 250 members […]
Mobile phone usage by farmers
The results from a recent Poll of farmers, conducted by the National Farm Research Unit (NFRU), indicate that 94% of all farmers interviewed had a mobile phone and that 19% had Internet access via this phone. Arable farmers interviewed appeared to have adopted mobile phone technology to a greater extent with 97% saying they had […]
EU puts an end to restrictions on Potash imports
Brussels, 13 July 2011: The European Commission has announced that anti-dumping measures on potash imports from Russia and Belarus will expire as of 13th July 2011. The restrictions date from 1992, and have had the effect of limiting the availability of reasonably priced supplies of this vital input in food production. The measures were not […]
New Holland to debuts two new products at the Royal Welsh Show 2011
New Holland looks forward to welcoming you to its stand at the Royal Welsh Show 2011 at the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY on 18 21 July 2011. New Hollands T4 Powerstar range will make its public debut in the UK on stand E337. The three model T4 PowerStar range features […]
Mobile commercial recycling solutions from Hardmet Landforce
The Hardmet Landforce range of landscaping, waste recycling and forestry machinery now has the addition of the Commercial multi waste shredding machine which shreds just about everything. Plywood, chipboard, timber, fencing, pallets, tile battens with nails, these are just some examples of the waste the Hardmet machine will swallow. With local authority restrictions on green […]
Disaster for MyFarm’s Shire Horse foaling
The MyFarm team at Wimpole Home Farm [1] in Cambridgeshire have been eagerly awaiting the foaling of Queenie, the only Shire Horse mare at Wimpole for weeks now. As over 800 people or groups of people saw last night, Queenie went into her much anticipated labour. At 11.45pm she gave birth to a beautiful filly […]
